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Equipment vs Team — ROIC Comparison
$2M ABB/FANUC assembly line vs 5-engineer team · 5Y horizon
Equipment · 5Y P&L
2.5×ROIC
5Y total$5.9M
Team · 5Y P&L
3.8×ROIC
5Y total$6.5M
Time to First Revenue
Equipment
M0M3M6M9M12
Team
M0M3M6M9M12
Late-Year Trajectory
Equipment
Team
$1.6M
$1.5M
$1.8M
$2.2M
$1.2M
$2.3M
Y3
Y4
Y5
Trace
Upfront Investment → Equipment
2,347,000
Equipment
Upfront Investment
Data Lineage
Finance / Procurementsource system
8 Purchase OrdersPurchaseOrder.amount
Computation
SUM8 line items
of PurchaseOrder.amount
Purchase Orders · 8
IRB 6700-235/2.65 (×4)
PO-2024-0891 · ABB Robotics NA
M-710iC/50H (×4)
PO-2024-0892 · FANUC America Corp
Freight & crating
PO-2024-0893 · DB Schenker Logistics
Section 301 tariff 7.5%
PO-2024-0894 · U.S. Customs (CBP)
Maintenance contract Y1
PO-2024-0895 · ABB Service NA
Power draw (est. Y1)
PO-2024-0896 · Pacific Gas & Electric
FactoryTalk Optix suite
PO-2024-0897 · Rockwell Automation
Interest 6% APR 5yr
PO-2024-0898 · Wells Fargo Equip Fin
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what is our CAC and LTV by channel with payback months
Channel Unit Economics
CAC, LTV, and Payback Period by Marketing Channel (all-time)
LinkedIn Ads
G2 / Capterra
Google Ads
Retargeting
Content / SEO
Affiliates
Webinars
Podcasts
Email Nurture
Org. Social
Avg MRR--
| Channel | Spend | Customers | CAC | Avg LTV | LTV/CAC | Avg MRR | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn Ads | |||||||
| G2 / Capterra | |||||||
| Google Ads | |||||||
| Retargeting | |||||||
| Content / SEO | |||||||
| Affiliates | |||||||
| Webinars | |||||||
| Podcasts | |||||||
| Email Nurture | |||||||
| Org. Social | -- | -- |
Payback: ● ≤18 mo ● 18–36 mo ● >36 mo | LTV/CAC: ● ≥0.10 ● 0.05–0.10 ● <0.05
Note: 800 of 1,926 customers are not linked to a source campaign and are excluded from channel attribution.
Note: 800 of 1,926 customers are not linked to a source campaign and are excluded from channel attribution.
Here's what stands out:
Best-performing channels (fastest payback):
- LinkedIn Ads pays back in ~15.7 months with the highest LTV/CAC ratio at 0.17
- G2 / Capterra pays back in ~16.6 months and drives the most customers at 267
- Google Ads has the lowest CAC at $6,441 and brings in 258 customers, but low LTV drags its ratio down
Concerning channels:
- Podcast Sponsorship and Email Nurture have payback periods over 10 years (120 and 174 months respectively) with very low LTV/CAC ratios
- Organic Social has only 2 attributed customers with a $371K CAC — likely a data coverage issue rather than true performance
Trace
count.CustomersAcquired → LinkedIn Ads
167
LinkedIn Ads
count.CustomersAcquired
Data Lineage
LinkedIn AdsMarketingChannel
19 Campaignbelongs_to_channel
167 Customersourced_from
Computation
COUNT167 inputs
from Customer
Source · 167
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